Acid Black 1 is listed within the Lab Forensics fingerprint range. For a lab looking for this specific reagent, the first step is to match the exact product identity and stated specification to the approved material required by its method. This article is a supply guide, not an instruction to apply a treatment to a particular item.
The UK Fingermark Visualisation Manual is written for practitioners planning and carrying out evidential fingermark recovery. It is the appropriate reference for method decisions; a named product listing cannot establish suitability for every substrate, exhibit or processing sequence.
Buy for a defined, approved requirement
Before placing an order, check the full product name, stated grade or formulation, quantity, lot identification and available technical and safety documents. Compare those details with the lab’s approved list. If the product or supplier differs from the validated material, follow the laboratory’s change-control process and seek technical review rather than relying on a general online description.
Use the current Fingermark Visualisation Manual and your local validated procedures for application decisions. For safe handling, HSE advises that the SDS informs, but does not replace, a risk assessment.
See Acid Black 1 from Lab Forensics. For laboratories sourcing other reagents and solvents, explore Online Reagents. Lab Forensics is a specialist PMA division; read about PMA’s chemical manufacturing capability and its experience of more than 50 years.
Sources: Fingermark Visualisation Manual; HSE: chemical safety data sheets.